Current trends and issues in managing and developing people, the contemporary work ethic, well-being, employee engagement , leadership, people development, careers, knowledge management, control and surveillance at work, public theology and the place of Christian ethics in work and business life.

Dr Sorcha Ni-Fhlainn Lecturer in 20th Century and Contemporary Literature and Film

Gothic and Horror Literature and Film; Popular Cinema; Popular Literature; 20th Century and Contemporary Popular Culture; Monsters (esp. Vampires) in fiction, film, and their cultural revival; Decade Studies; American Presidencies (20th Century); 1980s Culture; American Literature.

Glycation of proteins in diabetes mellitus, Anti-angiogenic properties of Opticin, Signalling and properties of hyaluronan, Gene and protein de-regulation in atherosclerosis, Angiogenesis and neuroprotection after ischaemic stroke

Economic and Political Reform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)Industrialization in MENA RegionIMF and the World Bank Structural Adjustment Programs in MENA RegionGlobalisation and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)The Social and Political Role of Faith-Based Organisations in MENA.New Institutional Economics and Social CapitalMultilateral and Bilateral Trade AgreementsRadicalisation, Counter Radicalisation and Deradicalisation Programs.

Previous experience includes: Numerous appearances on BBC radio and television talking about various aspects of language. Appearances include BBC Breakfast, Radio 4 Woman’s Hour [link], BBC Radio Manchester, as well as contributions to BBC News Magazine http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28785865

Literature

Prof Andrew Biswell Professor of Modern Literature

Modern and contemporary literature, especially C20 and C21 British, American and Irish fiction and poetry, Creative writing and the MMU Writing School, Literary biography and the history of biography St Augustine's Confessions to the present day, Peter Ackroyd; William Boyd; Anthony Burgess; William Burroughs; Alice Thomas Ellis; A.L. Kennedyand other contemporary Scottish Authors. Obscenity, censorship and libel, Literary journalism and the state of the publishing industry.

Previous experience includes: Numerous BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 3 appearances including Start The Week, Front Row, Open Book, Today, PM, Nightwaves and Poetry Please. Television including BBC2 documentary on WWI poets, extensive writing for newspapers including The Guardian.

Public Services

Religion

Prof Julie Scott Jones Principal Lecturer in Sociology

General social trends/issues in UK society; Religion in the UK; Religious trends; Religion in the USA; Religious violence; Religious fundamentalism/extremism; Cults/new religious movements; New Age and alternative beliefs; Religious rituals and ceremonies; Decline in religion in UK/Europe